Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Collection Overview
Louis L. McAllister photographed people and places near Burlington, Vermont for 60 years. He was born in Columbus, Nebraska on October 16, 1876, the son of Julius S. McAllister (born 1841 in Lincoln, VT) and Rosette Gould (born in Vermont in 1851). Julius McAllister worked as a photographer and dentist in Washington D.C., Bristol, Vermont and Columbus, Nebraska. Around 1895, Julius, his third wife Amy, and their children left Nebraska for the Union Soldiers’ Colony in Fitzgerald, Georgia. By 1900, Julius and Amy were divorced, and Amy and her stepson Louis were working as photographers in Thomasville, Georgia.
In 1907 Louis McAllister married Cora Shepard (born about 1872 in Vermont) in Holland, Michigan. By 1910, they were living in Queen City Park in South Burlington, Vermont, where Louis established a photography studio. The McAllisters moved to Burlington, and by 1919 they lived at 47 N. Winooski Avenue. They continued to occupy a summer cottage at Queen City Park, and were active in the Queen City Park Association, which held spiritualist camp meetings annually. McAllister conducted his photography business from home until his death in 1963.
McAllister’s “trademark” was his panorama camera which made him familiar to all sorts of groups ranging from graduating classes to state police to summer camp groups. In addition he did print 8 x 10 photos, many of which document building construction and Burlington Street Department projects, as well as group and individual portraits.
The L.L. McAllister Collection includes portraits, construction projects, buildings, businesses and events in the Burlington area covering the period ca. 1920-1960. The collection also includes photos of street, bridge, airport and sewer construction and repair, as well as group portraits of clubs, schools, etc.
Revised April, 2010
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Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Published: November 19, 2007, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections
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- Burlington (Vt.) [103]
- Shelburne (Vt.) [21]
- Vergennes (Vt.) [15]
- Winooski (Vt.) [9]
- Milton (Vt.) [7]
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- image [207]
Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [189]
- photographs [189]
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- High school graduates [207]
- Portrait photography [138]
- High school buildings [66]
- Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont) [53]
- Young women [43]
- Christ the King School (Burlington, Vt.) [14]
- Shelburne Public School (Shelburne, Vt.) [11]
- Banners [9]
- Saint Francis Xavier School (Winooski, Vt.) [9]
- Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.) [7]
- Milton Middle/High School (Milton, Vt.) [7]
- Buildings [6]
- High school students Dramatic production [6]
- Actors [5]
- High school students [5]
- Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.) [5]
- Costume [3]
- Auditoriums [2]
- Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Nazareth School (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Priests [2]
- St. Joseph School (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Boys [1]
- School children [1]
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Topic: ("High school graduates")
Title: Burlington High School Graduates
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Formal group portrait of a Burlington High School graduating class dressed in graduation robes (no caps) standing outside the Edmunds High School building. Undated.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of high school graduates gather in front of the school for a formal class photo.A priest stand at the center of the group. Boys wear solid colored robes and are in the back rows. The girls are in white robes and are in the front. Photo number unknown. Undated.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Formal high school class graduation photo of the students all dressed in the same color robes and the men and women intermingled within the rows. Taken inside before a curtain as a backdrop probably in an auditorium. Photo #2. Undated.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Formal class graduation photo with all wearing the same color robes. Rows alternate boys and girls. Photo not numbered. Undated. Probably taken for the school yearbook.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Formal photo of graduating students gathered outside on the side of the school. All are dressed in the same type and color robes. Rows alternate girls and boys. Photo #3. Undated.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Formal photo of graduating students gathered outside on the side of the school. All are dressed in the same type and color robes. Rows alternate girls and boys. Photo #2. Undated.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Formal photo of graduating students gathered outside of the school. All are dressed in the same type and color robes. Rows alternate girls and boys. Photo #?. Undated.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Formal graduating class photo outside one of the entrances of the school. All are in robes with the girls in front and boys in back. A priest in a robe stands central. Undated. Photo #2.
Title: Christ the King School (Burlington, VT)- graduates ? 1950-1957
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School. A group of graduates along with a church clergy and a woman assembled outside for a formal group portrait. The girls are in formal dress each with a corsage on their left shoulder. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Four boys sit in the front with one of them holding a baton. One boy in front has only one shoe on as his other appears to be in a cast. Same group as mcalA09F05i16 and mcalA09F05i17. Photo #1. Undated. 1950s?
Title: Christ the King School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of graduates along with church clergy assembled outside for a formal group portrait. The girls are in formal dress each with a corsage on their left shoulder. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Photo #4. Undated. 1950s? Priest in the back row, right is very likely the Rt. Rev. Monsignor Charles A. Towne.
Title: Christ the King School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of graduates assembled outside for a formal class portrait. The girls are in formal dress each with a corsage on their left shoulder. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Two boys sit in front with one holding a baton. Photo #3. Undated. 1950s? Same group as mcalA09F05i15 and mcalA15F07i04.
Title: Christ the King School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of graduates along with church clergy assembled outside for a formal class portrait. The girls are in formal dress each with a corsage on their left shoulder. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Two boys sit in front with one holding a baton. Photo #1. Undated. 1950s? Same group as mcalA09F05i14.
Title: Christ the King School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of graduates along with a church clergy and a woman assembled outside for a formal class portrait. The girls are in formal dress each with a corsage on their left shoulder. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Four boys sit in the front with one of them holding a baton. One boy in front has only one shoe on as his other appears to be in a cast. Same group as mcalA09F05i17 and mcalB03F13i01. Photo #3. Undated. 1950s?
Title: Christ the King School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of graduates along with a church clergy and a woman assembled outside for a formal group portrait. The girls are in formal dress each with a corsage on their left shoulder. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Four boys sit in the front with one of them holding a baton. One boy in front has only one shoe on as his other foot appears to be in a cast. Same group as mcalA09F05i16. Photo #2. Undated.
Title: Christ the King School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of graduates along with a church clergy are assembled outside for a formal group portrait. The girls are in formal dress. The boys are all in jackets and ties. One boy sits in the front holding a baton. Undated.
Title: Christ the King School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of graduates along with church clergy assembled outside for a formal group portrait. The girls are in formal dress each with a corsage on their left shoulder. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Photo #2. Undated. 1950s? Priests that could be identified: Rev. Charles A. Towne (front row, right); Rev. John L. Gagnon (back row, left); Rev. Philip J. Branon (front row, left).
Title: Christ the King School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Information written on the back of the photograph states this is a 1959 formal class portrait of the first graduating class of Rice Memorial High School. This class earlier graduated from Christ the King School. The girls are in formal dress each with a corsage on their left shoulder. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Present are Msgr. Charles A. Towne, Father John L. Gagnon, Father Wendell Searles. Among the students is Christopher Terrien II (later Dr.) and Marcelle Pomerleau (later wife of Senator Patrick Leahy). Photo #2. Same group as mcalA09F05i39.
Title: Christ the King School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Information on back of photograph reads "Father Searles [2nd from r.; Fr. John Gagnon, far right], Msgr. Bresnehan [Charles A. Towne?], (back row, 2nd front: James Teddy (?) 3 front) Cathedral Grammar School graduates (8th grade) or same group Freshman Class - Pomeroy School. Graduated from Rice Memorial High School (1960). The girls are in formal dress each with a corsage on their left shoulder. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Photo #1. Same group as mcalA09F05i38. Photo #1.
Title: Christ the King School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Information on back of photo states "Msgr Towne, Father Spears and Steady, Christ the King graduates class (8th Grade) [Class of '61 at Rice] Group assembled for a formal class portrait. The girls are in formal dress each with a corsage on their left shoulder. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Photo #4. 1961 Same group as mcalA09F05i41 and 42.
Title: Christ the King School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Msgr Towne, Father Spears and Steady, Christ the King graduates class (8th Grade) [Class of '61 at Rice] Group assembled for a formal class portrait. The girls are in formal dress each with a corsage on their left shoulder. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Photo #1. 1961 Same group as mcalA09F05i40 and 42.
Title: Christ the King School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Msgr Towne, Father Spears and Steady, Christ the King graduates class (8th Grade) [Class of '61 at Rice] Group assembled for a formal class portrait. The girls are in formal dress each with a corsage on their left shoulder. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Photo #1. 1961. Photo #3. 1961 Same group as mcalA09F05i40 and 41.
Title: Graduation - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
1957 photo of a small group of graduates in cap and gown gathered in front of what may be the Round Church in Richmond, Vermont.
Title: Graduation - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1939
1939 photograph of a photo showing graduates gathered outside on steps with their diplomas. Girls wear white dresses ; boys are in suit and tie. Names written on the bottom of the photo.
Title: Graduation - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1939
Photograph of a 1939 photo showing graduates gathered outside on steps with their diplomas. Girls wear white dresses ; boys are in suit and tie. Names written on the bottom of the photo.
Title: Graduation - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
1944 photo of graduates gathered outside each holding their diploma. Photo #2.
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